UK News

UK: Cooling equipment manufacturer Airedale has been shortlisted for Manufacturer of the Year in the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards. The Yorkshire Post awards,…

UK: Air conditioning contractor teams from Hull-based Airkool and Preston-based Coolbreeze were the winners of this year’s Fujitu-sponsored Oceanair UK golf day. This year’s event,…

UK: Dave Ball, one of the UK’s most respected refrigeration engineers, has died at the age of 72, following a sudden Illness. Ball’s career at…

UK: As part of its efforts to ensure that engineers are fully trained in the safe use of refrigerants, Climalife UK is distributing safety materials…

UK: Hoshizaki UK has appointed Chris Currie as account manager for the north west.   Currie joins Hoshizaki UK with a background in catering equipment…

UK: Professor Eckhard Groll has been confirmed as the first keynote speaker for the Rankine 2020 – Advances in Cooling, Heating and Power Generation conference…

UK: Engineering Services SKILLcard holders can now renew their cards online following a further upgrade of the Building Engineering Services Association’s (BESA) application system.  The…

UK: Capital Cooling has joined ENSE, the UK catering equipment and supplies buying consortium in the UK. Established in 2012, ENSE promises greater buying power…

Neil Hitching (right), TCUK’s business development director, presents the award to Darrel Birkett (second right), managing director of Cool Designs Ltd, and CDL colleagues Lee…

UK: Mike Gittoes is to take over as MD of Hereford-based Arctic Circle, the pioneering UK refrigeration company founded by his late father, Eddie Gittoes,…

UK: With pressure growing to install doors on open refrigeration cabinets, Capital Cooling is offering free glass doors as an option on all of its…

UK: The IoR’s Women in RACHP Network is inviting the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sector to complete a survey to gauge attitudes towards…

UK: Torben L Christensen, the owner of Tefcold, has taken over as MD of Interlevin Refrigeration. He replaces Jonathan Corns who was appointed MD last…

USA/UK: US plumbing group Ferguson has announced the intention to spin off its Wolseley UK business as an independent listed company. In a statement, Ferguson…

UK: The next Hampshire Cool Talk Breakfast Briefing is being hosted by chiller manufacturer Trane at its offices in Basingstoke. This free-to-attend morning meeting provides…

UK: Interlevin Refrigeration has appointed Dan Gregory-Miles as regional sales manager for the south west of the UK and Ireland.​ Dan has almost 20 years’ experience…

UK: Refrigerant legislation is a key subject area at this year’s BESA National Conference, with papers on the F-gas regulation and DSEAR risk assessments. Taking place…

UK: Former employees of Barnet Refrigeration or its air conditioning distribution arm BRD are being sought for a planned reunion.  Established in 1953 as Barnet…

UK: Orlando Rawlings, the UK’s refrigeration and air conditioning representative at WorldSkills in Kazan, was awarded a Medallion for Excellence for his efforts in the competition.

UK: Leading national plumbers’ merchant Plumbase is to stock LG’s range of air to water heat pumps.

UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has welcomed warnings from the UK government’s Science and Technology Committee that the UK is in danger of missing its net-zero emissions targets.